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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S4W-06325

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 17 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how it is auditing schools to establish whether they are ready to implement the Curriculum for Excellence.

Question reference: S4W-06315

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 17 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what resources are provided for schools needing additional help to implement the Curriculum for Excellence and how.

Question reference: S4W-06314

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 17 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many and (b) what (i) schools and (ii) local authorities have asked for additional help in relation to their implementation of the Curriculum for Excellence.

Question reference: S4W-06326

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 17 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive when Education Scotland will complete its audit of the preparedness of schools to implement the new national exams and when the results will be published.

Question reference: S4W-06320

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 17 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive in how many schools pupils are choosing their S3 subjects while in S2.

Question reference: S4W-06168

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 28 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S4W-05947 and S4W-05950 by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 March 2012, what the concerns were about the corporate governance arrangements that resulted in it taking over NHS Lothian's external audit process and, in light of these, for what reason it does not plan to review the board's corporate governance arrangements.

I detailed my response to the findings of the report by PricewaterhouseCoopers into aspects of NHS Lothian’s waiting times management and processes in a statement to Parliament on 21 March 2012. The official report of this session is available on the Scottish Parliament website at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28862.aspx?r=6922&mode=html#iob_62863.

A copy of the PricewaterhouseCoopers report has been made available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 53792).

Question reference: S4W-06128

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 09 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 22 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Water has estimated the loss to (a) households and (b) businesses in Torphichen in West Lothian and the surrounding area as a result of interruption to the water supply since April 2010.

Question reference: S4O-00859

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Health Wellbeing and Cities Strategy last met NHS Lothian and what issues were discussed.

Question reference: S4W-06132

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 09 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 21 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Water has decided if any work is to take place to improve the water supply infrastructure at Torphichen in West Lothian and the surrounding area to prevent interruptions to the water supply.

Question reference: S4W-06133

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 09 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 21 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive when work to improve the water supply infrastructure at Torphichen in West Lothian and the surrounding area is due to take place.